A California manufacturer wants to make his small hybrid vehicle 2 Urbee the first of its kind: realized with a 3D printer. A fundraising campaign is launched to complete the project in 2015.
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3D printing is going to interfere with great speed in our lives and it is now possible to recreate at home small objects but also weapons, tools and soon, perhaps clothing, cakes, human organs or even replacement parts for a faulty or defective device. In the automotive field, it is still in its infancy but the U.S. company KOR EcoLogic will perhaps make things happen fast.
She has just unveiled the second prototype, named Urbee 2, its proposed small hybrid vehicle Urbee (for Urban Electric). Its particularity? numerous body parts, the cockpit and dashboard were made with a 3D printer. The final model, scheduled for 2015, is projected to be almost entirely created by this process, via the help of specialized companies like Red Eye on demand and Stratsys.
1 liter per 100 km
KOR EcoLogic has launched a fundraising campaign by crowd-funding in order to realize the promotion of Urbee 2 via a crossing of the United States from West to East in 2015: two men and a dog on board for, in two days rally San Francisco to New York (4677 km) consuming only 10 gallons (about 38 liters) of biofuel. This represents less than 1 liter per 100 km, with a hybrid engine incorporating electric motors, a small engine for generator, a supercapacitor and a system of regenerative braking.
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